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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Little broken

All feeling a little broken right now. Reuben's coughing continues and his lungs are taking a while to heal. I can only imagine what a terribly and continual headache he must have as a result so I'm making sure they keep up on Tylenol although he just threw that up along with his antibiotic and it took me a good 5 minutes to suction clean his nose. Callum, broken by missing his brother and feeling the separation. And we're broken by seeing Reuben struggle and feeling very tired.

Made a difficult decision that whilst he's in intensive care, we should rely on the 1:2 nursing ratio and get rest at home during the night. So I'll leave at midnight after his IPV (Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation) treatment which is terribly uncomfortable and distressing for him both during and after and Jason will arrive at 6am for his next. The alternative is we'll both take turns doing a nightshift and then look after Callum during the day with the effect that we'll all end up getting sick.

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Anonymous
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MY heart aches for you and for poor little Reuben. Your in my thoughts and prayers and I hope he gets well soon. Poor baby. You are both doing the best you can for the boys ... have peace with that. Thinking of you all.

Ya'll continue to stay in my thoughts and prayers. Doing the juggling of two kids is so hard but you are right about the rest for yourselves to stay healthy so even though it is hard to leave at night make sure you get the proper rest ya'll need :O)

oh my friend,i just wrote an email to you thinking reu was on the mend. i am so sorry to hear that there is still much more treatment and healing to be done. we wish we were closer so we can come bring YOU food, like you did for us. we know how tiring it is, and i couldnt agree with you more about going home to sleep at night. you need it - it's one of the ways that we survived through icu for a year. you already know, but it doesn't hurt to remind - you cant take good care of reuben if you're not taking care of yourself. we are thinking, praying, and holding you guys so close. love,the nelsons